Music
Production or "How I Started a
Recording Studio Without Even
Trying .."
How
to Get Started in a Music
Production Career
I have been
involved in home music production
for a number of years. It
actually started in high school.
I was in a band, and we were
convinced that we were going to
be famous.
I suppose
that this is not an uncommon
dream, but it was still very
important to all of us. We knew
that we couldn't get recorded
– we could barely play our
instruments – but
nonetheless, we wanted to make
our own music products.
We found a
used 8-track in one of our
friends basements, got a few
microphones together, and set up
a music production studio for
little more than 80 bucks. At the
time, it was a lot of money for
us, but nonetheless we could
scrape it together. The music we
made was awful, but we had a fun
time making it.
Getting
Serious about Music
Production
My music
production career got a little
bit more serious in college. I
was still doing it as a hobby,
but I was actually making some
decent music. We would do a lot
of remixing work, using music
production CDs to spice up the
effects.
** Be
Very Careful When Using Other
People's Music
Recordings
Unfortunately,
in addition to royalty free music
samples, we also used some
uncleared samples. We thought
that, because we were staying
underground, we wouldn't get
caught. Nonetheless, someone's
recording studio must have been
pretty on the ball. They called
us up and sent a cease-and-desist
order. We got so scared that we
scrapped the studio. That was the
end of my amateur music
productions career.
Nonetheless,
it wasn't the end of my interest
in music. On the contrary, my
desire to get involved in music
production grew. I realized that
I could make a career as a music
producer. I was good – a lot
of people in the local music
scene had said so.
Music
Production Schools
Unfortunately,
being good isn't good enough. You
have to go to a music production
school nowadays. Gone are the
days when unknown music
producers, working out of their
basements, could change the music
scene forever. Everything has
gotten so top-down that a music
production education is really
required.
Starting
a Career as a Music
Producer
Entering my
first year in music production
school, I am pretty glad that I
decided to go this way. Toiling
in its obscurity is okay when you
are young, but I am getting older
now. I either need to take it to
the level of a serious career, or
give it up and find a way to make
money.
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